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G. H. BARGE.

RAIL FASTENING.

N0. 388,241. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

ra'rns llnrrs arssr FFIC'JEO GEORGE H. BARGE, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM XVI-IARTON, JR, AND COMPANY,INCORPORATED, OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,241, dated August21, 1888.

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T 0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BARGE, a citizen .of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Itail-Fastenings, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a combined tie-plate andbrace-piece that on spiking the tie-plate down the brace piece will tendto bind firmly upon the rail, and I so construct the parts that the downward pressure of the rolling-stock will tend to increase the pressure ofthe brace-piece upon the rail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my improvedcombined tieplate and brace-piece, with the rail in section. Fig. 2 is aview showingthe brace-piece thrown back and the rail being inserted orremoved. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the tie-plate, andFig. 4.- is a detached perspective view of the brace-piece.

A is the rail, of the ordinary T shape, but it will be understood thatany form of rail may be used with the device.

B is the tie-plate; D, the brace'piece. E E are the securing spikes orbolts, and F is the wooden crosstie, although it will be understood thatmetallic or other forms of crossties may be used without departing frommy invention.

I prefer to make the tie plate of sheet metal struck up into the formrequired, and for this purpose I cut out two sections and strike them upto form lips I) b, which overlap one of the baseilanges of the rail. Istrike up from the opposite side of the baseplate Ba lip, c, to theposition shown, thus forming an opening, 0, through which the tail-piece(Z of the brace D can be inserted. This tail-piece is somewhat thickerthan the tie-plate, so that when the tail-piece is in the position shownin Fig. 1 the lip 0 will bear upon it, and it will be tightly securedbetween this lip c and the tie F when the plate B is secured to thelatter by means of the spikes E E.

The brace-piece D has a face, (1, which rests against the web of therail, and preferably,

as shown in Fig. 1, against the upper corner of the rail, so that itwill not only take the side-thrust, but also the compressionthrust, ofthe weight of the rolling-stock. The bracepiece has a suitable web, a,which tends to strengthen said brace-piece, this web extending downthrough an opening, 0 in the struck-up lip c. This brace-piece is soformed as to provide a ledge, c, which overlaps the base-flange of therail A.

It will be understood that instead of the struck-up sheet-metal tieplateB, a cast tieplate may be used; but I prefer, for the sake of cheapness,to use the struck-up sheet-metal tie-plate.

The rail being placed in position, as shown in Fig. 2, the tail of thebrace-piece is then inserted through the opening 0, and the brace ismoved in the direction of its arrow to the position shown in Fig. 1, andafter the gage has been set the plate is spiked down, clamping thetail-piece of the brace between the struckup lip c and the tie, thusfirmly securing it in position. \Vhen the pressure of the rolling-stockcomes on the rail, it will press upon the tieplate, and consequentlythrough the tie-plate upon the tail of the brace piece, thus tending tomore securely lock the braccpicce to the rail while the rolling-stock ispassing over. To remove the tieplate from the rail, the spikes arewithdrawn and the plate slipped to one side of the tie, which will allowthe brace-piece to be removed, as shown in Fig. 2, after which the railcan be removed, as indicated in said fig ure, and a new rail inserted.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the rail with the tieplatehaving lips overlapping one side of the base-flange of the rail, andhaving a raised lip and opening on the opposite side ofsaid baseflange,with a bracepiece adapted. to bear against the rail, and havingatail-picce adapted to said opening and confined to the rail by said lipof the tie-plate, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the rail, the tie-plate having lips overlappingthe base-flange of the rail, and having a raised lip, 0, and opening Intestimony whereofIhave signed my name 0, with a brace-piece providedwith a tail to this specification in the presence of two subpiecethicker than the said tie-plate and inscribing Witnesses.

serted beneath thelip a, so that as pressure is GEORGE H. BARGE. 5applied to the tie plate the brace-piece will be \Vitnesses:

firmly locked in position, substantially as de- EDWARD M. RILEY,

scribed. HENRY HowsoN.

